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Politics : A US National Health Care System? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Lane3 who wrote (9262)	9/10/2009 2:58:27 PM
From: i-node	3 Recommendations Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 42652

Which would probably be somewhat further off than "when hell freezes over." LOL. Yeah, about then. My first choice would be to do just a few key things now. A few things, like making sure the uninsurible had coverage, could make a big difference. Failing that, I'd rather do nothing than do what's being proposed. There are things happening outside the government plan that are encouraging like cheaper drugs and greater availability of clinics. They could take a lot of the edge off. I couldn't agree more. I can't believe we couldn't cut costs substantially with some relatively minor changes. And I'm the first to agree that there is something inherently problematic with the current insurance arrangement whereby the sick are uninsurable -- and it defeats the purpose of insurance when the sick who ARE insurable are stuck in plans that are cost prohibitive because they can't move to a less expensive plan due to their health conditions. What aggravates the hell out of me is the "all or nothing" mentality that has been adopted by the administration. Even after last night, I don't see that he has really moved away from his basic demands -- instead, he seems to have doubled down on the effort to push through a plan that clearly is not to the liking of most of the people who are paying the bills.